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Projects: 'Zameen Aasman Ka Farq' - Love and politics of touch among Indian men / 'Ulisse' - Histories of belonging (1940s- today) 📖 Faculty @icp 🌈
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�🎉 Named as a Finalist: Humbled to share that a portfolio of my ongoing work ‘As far apart as the Earth is from the Sky’ was included in the list of 20 Finalists in this years’ Aperture Portfolio Prize! Congratulations to all the fellow artists, and the prize winner @feliperomero30 ! @aperturefnd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #apertureportfolioprize #aperturefund #aperturemagazine #apertureportfolioprize2022 #published #indianmen #queerindia #queerartist #masculinities #expressionsoflove #loveislove #marcleclef #queerlives #desiportraits #fineartphotography #mediumformatphotography #documentaryphotography #contemporaryphotography #newphotography #desi_diaries #brooklynartist #lgbtqindia🌈 #lgbtq #AsFarApartAsTheEarthIsFromTheSky by @marcleclef
Out now: Le Monde @lemondefr did a thing! I am honored to share the publication of a portfolio of Zameen Aasman Ka Farq -As far apart as the Earth is from the Sky- in M Magazine, the magazine of Le Monde’s weekend volume. The portfolio is framed by the cover featuring the first female French Nobel Prize Winner in Literature, the esteemed Annie Ernaux, and an exposé on Brazilian presidential candidate, Lula da Silva. If you know about my past work ‘Olympic Favela’ in Brazil, you understand how meaningful this is to me. Thank you @tanvimishra for making the connection, the crew of @breda_photo for facilitating, @clement.ghys for his curiosity and insightful text, and especially @lucyconticello for seeing my work and collaborating on the final edit! Merci a tous, je suis ravi! @m_magazine 🗞 Curated by Tanvi Mishra (New Delhi), the current installation of the work at #BredaPhoto comprises over 50 pieces — it is on view through October 23! Video: @elsaleydier 🙏🏽 #tanvimishra #exhibitionopening #indianmen #hommes #printpublication #queerartist #masculinities #curator #marcleclef #desidiaries #newpublication #lemonde #fineartphotography #mediumformatphotography #brooklynartist #contemporaryphotography #newphotography #desi_diaries #artcollector #lgbtqindia🌈 #lgbtq #gayartist #hommesindiens #AsFarApartAsTheEarthIsFromTheSky by @marcleclef
Book out Spring ‘27 📖 Sharing some of the moments that shaped my 10-year journey making “Zameen Aasman Ka Farq” (As Distant as Earth and Sky) — an image/text work exploring the many kinds of bonding and meanings of affection between men in India. I’m currently editing a book of this work with @tanvimishra , featuring analog photographs and excerpts from recorded conversations made across twenty+ states in India. 🇮🇳 Newsletter signup + more details > link in bio! Video by @veronikaamolnar #zameenaasmankafarq #marcleclef #imagetext #newartbook #dostana by @marcleclef
Book out Spring ‘27 📖 Sharing some of the moments that shaped my 10-year journey making “Zameen Aasman Ka Farq” (As Distant as Earth and Sky) — an image/text work exploring the many kinds of bonding and meanings of affection between men in India. I’m currently co-editing a book of this work with @tanvimishra , featuring analog photographs and excerpts from recorded conversations made across twenty+ states in India. 🇮🇳 Newsletter signup + more details > link in bio! Video by @veronikaamolnar #zameenaasmankafarq #marcleclef #imagetext #newartbook #dostana by @marcleclef
Book out in Spring ‘27 📖 Sharing some of the moments that shaped my 10-year journey making “Zameen Aasman Ka Farq” (As Distant as Earth and Sky) — an image/text work exploring the many kinds of bonding and meanings of affection between men in India. I’m currently co-editing a book of this work with @tanvimishra , featuring analog photographs and excerpts from recorded conversations made across twenty+ states in India. 🇮🇳 Newsletter signup + more details > link in bio! Video by @veronikaamolnar #zameenaasmankafarq #marcleclef #imagetext #newartbook #homosocial by @marcleclef
#ICHPhotography: What does intimacy between men look like in India? A new book, Zameen Aasman Ka Farq (The Difference between Earth and Sky), publishing Spring '27, explores exactly that — follow @marcleclef for release details and events. For nearly a decade, photographer Marc Ohrem-Leclef travelled across more than 20 Indian states, documenting the everyday ways men express closeness — from holding hands and interlocking pinkies to embracing and leaning into one another. His project, Zameen Aasman Ka Farq (The Difference between Earth and Sky), explores what exists beyond these seemingly simple gestures. Accompanied by hundreds of conversations, the photographs open up a wider dialogue around friendship, love, masculinity, sexuality and queerness — and the boundaries between them. Rather than defining these relationships, the project asks us to look more closely at the many ways intimacy can exist, often beyond the labels we give it. by @marcleclef
Book coming Spring ‘27 📖 I am thrilled to share that I’m co-editing a book with @tanvimishra : *Zameen Aasman Ka Farq (As Distant as Earth and Sky)* — exploring the many kinds of bonding and meanings of affection between men in India. The book features analog photographs and texts from recorded conversations, made in over twenty states in India between 2017-2025. 🇮🇳 Newsletter sign up + more details > links in bio! 📹 @veronikaamolnar #zameenaasmankafarq #marcleclef #imagetext #newartbook #homosocial by @marcleclef
For nearly a decade, photographer Marc Ohrem-Leclef has documented the quiet language of intimacy between men across India. Zameen Aasman Ka Farq looks at gestures often described simply as “friendship” — holding hands, interlocking pinkies, embracing or leaning into one another — and the many meanings they can carry. Travelling across more than 20 Indian states, Ohrem-Leclef paired his portraits with hundreds of conversations, creating an expansive archive exploring friendship, love, masculinity, sexuality and queerness, and the spaces between the labels we use to define them. Credits : @marcleclef by @marcleclef
Wonderful exhibition opening of ‘Eros, Rising’ , beautifully curated by Allen Frame at Clamp! ‘Ulisse, near Stromboli’ (1992 Gelatin Silver Print, 8x10”) is held by tender works by Darrel Ellis, Charles Henri Ford and Pavel Tchelitchew. Thank you for giving ‘Ulisse’ such beautiful company, and for your care and keen eye, @allenframenyc & to Brian and Jackson @clampartnyc for hosting the exhibition! I am grateful for be in conversation with works by artists I deeply respect and admire — Adriel Visoto, Alvin Baltrop, Amina Gingold, Ann Weathersby, Boris Torres, Cansu Korkmaz, Cassandra Langer, Darryl DeAngelo Terrell, Ethan Cherry, Fernan Bilik, Frank Franca, Ian Lewandowski, Jan Rattia, Jeanette Spicer, Jihye Sage Baek, Jimmy Wright, Jo Ann Chaus, Katherine Finkelstein, Kunwar Prithvi Singh Rathore, Libuse Jarcovjakova, Lori Ordover, Marc Ohrem-Leclef, Mariette Pathy Allen, Marley Trigg Stewart, Matthew Leifheit, Michela Palermo, Miguel Ferrando, Oliver Herring, Patricia Voulgaris, Paul Burnham Schwartz, Rachel Stern, Richard Renaldi, Ryan Zogheb, Shohei Miyachi, Spencer Nichols, Stephen Barker, Sue Williams, and Vicky West Eros, Rising May 9 – July 2, 2026 at Clamp 227 West 29th Street Eros grabs me Eros tells me what to do you’re going to live . . . says Eros you’re going to live inside your flesh. —Untitled fragment from the poetry collection The Bronze Arms by Richie Hofmann (Knopf: New York, 2026) by @marcleclef
It’s a special kind of thrill to exhibit alongside a work made by August Sander (a fellow Kölner) one hundred (!) years ago. Reiner Leist, curator of ‘Speaking in Pairs’ invited me to propose an image to dialogue with Sander’s ‘Der Gymnasiast’ (Highschool Student). Sander’s 1926 portrait of a high schooler is part of his vast undertaking in ‘People of the Twentieth Century’, that grew to include more than 600 portraits. Leist chose a portrait I made of Elton in Bombay in 2022, as part of my work ‘Zameen Aasman Ka Farq’ (As far apart as the Earth is from the Sky), to accompany ‘Der Gymnasiast’. Similarly to August Sander’s expansive approach to ‘People of the Twentieth Century’, in my work ‘Zameen Aasman Ka Farq’ I have collaborated with hundreds of individuals across India to make portraits and record their oral histories around the themes of touch, homosocial intimacy, love, sexuality and identity. Reiner Leist, exhibition curator and Hunter College Professor, writes:  “Portraits allow immortality. This exhibition asks: Who gets to be pictured and seen? Who may tell their story? Such evidence of being present, alive, can also increase visibility or hasten our demise. Speaking in Pairs seeks to offer navigational references across time and geography, between works and the practitioners making, or pondering, them.” Thank you to Reiner for inviting me to be a part of this monumental effort that brings together 80 works, and to the entire team at Hunter College! Caption: ‘Elton recounted how his penchant for dressing up and applying make-up as a boy used to entertain his family, until the moment when he eventually came out to them as queer.’ Bombay - 2022 @rleist.hunter @okaymilly @birbiebetty @louisathompson.studio @huntercollegeartgalleries #vernissage #exhibitionopening #AsFarApartAsTheEarthIsFromTheSky #marcleclef #augustsander by @marcleclef
T*w*e*n*t*y ! ❤️ Deeply grateful for it all … and excited for our next twenty years. by @marcleclef
I haven’t spoken much about the short film that will be part of Zameen Aasman Ka Farq. In Bombay, Anadi and I took a deep dive into footage spanning 6 years in the life of a family I’ve grown to love and respect since we met over eight years ago. They are the ones I’ve had to return to, time and again. Isolating core ideas as we listened and watched the long and intense conversations I’ve had with Sudheer and Vidya—with Anadi translating from Marathi—became an act of care and love. Often, I’d lean back in the editing room, only to catch @jumpingthepuddles ‘s face light up with curiosity and warmth as we explored these moments of lives shared with us so generously. Outside of the studio, important conversations and fun times with dear friends and fellow artists Pradeep, Suruj, Kaamna and Krish, Ayu, Nupur, Anu and Arfi reminded me why Bombay feels like home. A huge thank you to Smriti, who welcomed me to her lovely home, shifting the vibe of my stay in Bombay to a space of belonging and true emotional comfort. @smritikiran Stay tuned for the short film’s premiere and the book release next year …. 🇮🇳🎬✨🙏🏽 #documentaryfilmmaker #marathifilms #AsFarApartAsTheEarthIsFromTheSky #queerartist #curator #marcleclef #contemporaryphotography #photographybook #queerindia by @marcleclef

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